Psicossomática: a supremacia da mente sobre o corpo

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Vanessa Parole Rodrigues da
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/2025
• topic: Saúde; Doença; Mente; Corpo; Psicossomática; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA

Psychosomatics, a branch of medicine that studies organic diseases with psychological origins. This subject is of interest not only to medicine but also to its various branches, especially Psychiatry and Psychology. The general objective of this study was to identify the association of organic and mental health in the processes of illness. Specifically, it aimed to present the evolution of the concept of health; to describe the general aspects of physical and mental illnesses, and finally to understand the role of psychosomatics in the process of organic illness. For this purpose, the methodology used was the Literature Review, and the research was divided into three chapters: the first dealt with health concepts since the beginning of the theme until the present day; the second focused on what is understood as illness and the process of getting sick and, finally, the third dealt with psychosomatics itself. There are many theoretical hypotheses that debate about physical illness having or not psychic origin, some are reaffirmed, and others refuted, but it is this debate between different knowledges that evidences the relevance of the subject. This study gathered fragments of literature that, together, reinforce the perception and understanding that, beyond genetics, fate, or chance, the human mind is the main source of both psychological and organic health for any individual, even if he/she also suffers other influences from the biological and social environments in which he/she is inserted. It was possible to perceive a historical progression on the understanding of medicine about what is health and what is disease, despite some resistant challenges such as the ideological imposition of some theorists. An intimate relationship of the mind (psyche) with the human body (soma) has been identified, and of these with the environment in which they are inserted. It is recommended to read this paper to students and professionals in any area of health, especially those in the sociological area, because the health of a person reflects and is reflected, simultaneously, in the environment in which he/she survives and coexists.